Legislators Say, “Never Again!”
Although Nadya Suleman doesn’t live in Missouri, her case provoked enough outrage here that Missouri lawmakers want to prevent anything...
Two Million Minutes
The Post-Dispatch’s education blog pointed out today that tomorrow night, Principia College will be screening Two Million Minutes, a documentary...
Learning Languages
Schoolhouse Talk links to a story in the Columbia Missourian about 6th-grade public school students learning Chinese. The kids learned...
Why We Shouldn’t Try to Be Just Like Asia
Do we need to panic about Chinese education? This organization thinks so: The message is clear: While Americans are partying,...
Things to Be Thankful For
This holiday weekend, let’s be thankful … that we don’t have too many national holidays. We all take a few...
How High is the Bar?
The New York Times reports on state education standards and discusses the disparities between them: For example, an eighth grader...
The Oil Weapon Myth
One of the most popular canards in politics today is the notion that we need to reduce our dependence on...
